ochlesis

[ ok-lee-sis ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. any disease caused by overcrowding.

Other Words From

• och·le·sit·ic [ok-l, uh, -, sit, -ik], och·let·ic [ok-, let, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ochlesis¹

1855–60; < Greek óchlēsis disturbance, distress, equivalent to óchlē, variant stem of ochleîn to disturb + -sis -sis